Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 1.10.40, English translation, including a commentary (Gaudiya-bhasya). This text is similair to the Caitanya-caritamrita and narrates the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, proclaimed to be the direct incarnation of Krishna (as Bhagavan) This is verse 40 of Adi-khanda chapter 10—“Marriage with Shri Lakshmipriya”.
Verse 1.10.40
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.10.40:
বড চণ্ডি-মণ্ডপ আছযে তা’ন ঘরে চতুর্-দিকে বিস্তর পডুযা তঙ্হি ধরে ॥ ৪০ ॥
बड चण्डि-मण्डप आछये ता’न घरे चतुर्-दिके विस्तर पडुया तङ्हि धरे ॥ ४० ॥
baḍa caṇḍi-maṇḍapa āchaye tā’na ghare catur-dike vistara paḍuyā taṅhi dhare || 40 ||
bada candi-mandapa achaye ta’na ghare catur-dike vistara paduya tanhi dhare (40)
English translation:
(40) There was a large Caṇḍī-maṇḍapa in the courtyard of his house. That hall had the capacity to hold many students.
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
The word caṇḍi-maṇḍapa refers to a hall within the courtyard of a Hindu householder wherein worship and recitation of prayers to Caṇḍī, or Durgā, is performed. It is also called devī-gṛha, “house of the goddess,” or ṭhākura-dālāna, “hall of the gods.” This place is generally offered to guests for their sitting.